Position, Direction and Transformation / Te Wāhi, Te Ahunga me te Panoni

English → Māori

A vocabulary list relationg to these aspects of mathematical understanding.

He rārangi kupu e pā ana ki ēnei peka o roto i te wānanga pāngarau.

above Noun, locative

runga

accurate, correct, valid Intransitive Verb, Adjective

tika (kupu kē atu: tōtika)

altitude, height, high, tall Noun, Adjective

teitei (kupu kē atu: tāroaroa [of a person], tiketike)

analogue clock Noun

karaka ringa

angle Noun

koki

angle of depression Noun

koki tāheke

angle of elevation Noun

koki rewa

answer, product, quotient, result, solution Noun

otinga (takenga mai: oti – finished, completed) (kupu kē atu: hua)

anticlockwise Noun, Adverb, Adjective

kōaro

apparatus, device, equipment, instrument, tool Noun

taputapu

approximate Intransitive Verb, Adjective

āwhiwhi

axis Noun

tuaka (takenga mai: tuaka – midrib of a leaf)

axis of symmetry Noun

tuaka hangarite

backward Adverb

whakamuri

below, bottom, under Noun, locative

raro

bottom view Noun

tirohanga (mai i) raro

Cartesian coordinates Noun

taunga tukutuku (takenga mai: taunga – position; tukutuku – grid)

centre Noun

pū (kupu kē atu: pokapū)

centre of enlargement Noun

pū whakarahi

centre of rotation Noun

pū huringa

clock, o'clock Noun

karaka (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: matawā)

clockwise Adjective, Adverb

whakatekaraka (kupu kē atu: ā-karaka)

close (near) Intransitive Verb, Adjective

tata (kupu kē atu: pātata)

co-ordinate plane Noun

papa taunga

co-ordinate, position Noun

taunga (takenga mai: taunga – resting place, anchorage) (kupu kē atu: takotoranga)

collinear points Noun

pūwāhi whakarārangi

compass (direction) Noun

kāpehu

compass (for drawing circles) Noun

tāporowhita (takenga mai: tā –to draw; porowhita – circle) (kupu kē atu: taputapu tuhi porowhita)

concrete model Noun

tauira ōkiko (takenga mai: ōkiko - physical; ō - pertaining to; kiko - body, substance)

concurrent lines, intersecting lines Noun

rārangi pūtahi

corner Noun

kokonga (kupu kē atu: akitu)

degree (angle and temperature) Noun

putu (tohu: º) (takenga mai: putu - lie one upon another) (kupu kē atu: tākiri [kupu mino])

diagonal Noun, Adjective

hauroki

diagram Noun, Transitive Verb

hoahoa ~ina (takenga mai: hoahoa – plan of a house)

digital resource Noun

rauemi matihiko (takenga mai: rauemi – resource; mati – digit; hiko [tāhiko] – electronic)

direct route Noun

ara torotika (kupu kē atu: ahunga ā-manu)

direction, bearing, orientation, directed toward Noun, Intransitive Verb

ahu ~nga (kupu kē atu: anga, aro ~nga)

distant, distance Noun, Adjective, Adverb

tawhiti (kupu kē atu: mamao)

east Noun

rāwhiti (kupu kē atu: waho)

east Noun

waho (kupu kē atu: rāwhiti)

enlarge, enlargement Noun, Transitive Verb, Adjective

whakarahi ~a ~nga (kupu kē atu: whakanui ~a)

equal, congruent Adjective

ōrite (tohu: =)

extend, lengthen Transitive Verb

whakaroa ~tia

flip Noun, Intransitive Verb

kauhuri ~a ~nga (kupu kē atu: huripoki)

floor plan Noun

hoahoa ā-papa

forward Adverb

whakamua

front view Noun

tirohanga (mai i) mua

geoboard Noun

papa tīrau (takenga mai: papa – board; tīrau – peg, stick)

geometry Noun

āhuahanga

glide reflection Noun

whakaata nekehanga

globe Noun

mahere ao porotaka (takenga mai: mahere - map; ao - world; porotaka - round [shape])

grid Noun

tukutuku

grid paper Noun

pepa tukutuku

half-turn (180˚) Noun

hurihanga haurua

horizontal Adjective

huapae (kupu kē atu: pae, whakapae)

identity Noun

tūmau (takenga mai: tūmau – fixed, constant)

image Noun

mātātuhi (takenga mai: mātā [mātāniho] – print or mark of teeth; tuhi – draw, write) (kupu kē atu: otinga)

inside Noun, locative

roto

interactive map Noun

mahere pāhekoheko

interpret Noun, Transitive Verb

whakamāori ~tia

intersect, intersection Noun, Intransitive Verb

pūtahi ~tanga (takenga mai: pūtahi – join, meet)

invariant property Noun

āhuatanga pūmau (takenga mai: āhuatanga – property; pūmau – fixed, constant, permanent)

invariant, fixed, constant Intransitive Verb, Adjective

pūmau

inverse Noun, Adjective

kōaro

inverse rotation Noun

hurihanga kōaro

irregular, asymmetric Adjective

hikuwaru (takenga mai: hikuwaru – crooked, asymmetrical)

isometric Noun, Adjective

inerite (takenga mai: ine – measure; rite - alike, corresponding)

isometric diagram Noun

hoahoa inerite

isometric grid Noun

tukutuku inerite

latitude Noun

ahopae (takenga mai: aho – line; pae – horizontal)

left side view Noun

tirohanga (mai i te taha) mauī

length, long Noun, Adjective

roa ~nga

limit of accuracy Noun

tepe o te tika (takenga mai: tepe – boundary, limit; tika – correct)

line of symmetry Noun

rārangi hangarite

line scale Noun

āwhata rārangi

line symmetry, reflective symmetry Noun

hangarite whakaata

locus Noun

huanui (takenga mai: huanui – path, pathway)

longitude Noun

ahopou (takenga mai: aho - line; pou [poutū] - vertical)

map Noun

mahere

mathematical model Noun

tauira pāngarau

method, technique, convention, meaning Noun

tikanga

middle Noun, locative

waenganui

midpoint (of a line segment) Noun

pūwaenga (takenga mai: pū [pūwāhi] – point; waenga – the middle, midst)

mirror line Noun

rārangi whakaata (kupu kē atu: paeata)

north Noun

raki (kupu kē atu: tokerau)

north Noun

tokerau (kupu kē atu: raki)

north-east Noun

rāwhiti-mā-raki

north-west Noun

uru-mā-raki

object (before transformation) Noun

mātāoroko (takenga mai: mātā [mātāniho] – print or mark of teeth; oroko – for the first time)

opposite Noun, Adjective

tauaro (kupu kē atu: anganui)

order of symmetry Noun

tau hangarite

orientation Noun

ahu ~nga

orienteering Noun

awhe-ararau (takenga mai: awhe – go, travel; ara – path; rau - hundred, many)

overlap Noun, Transitive Verb

inaki

parallel Adjective

whakarara (takenga mai: whakarara – mark in parallel lines)

parallel line Noun

rārangi whakarara

peg board Noun

papa kōputaputa (takenga mai: board, surface; kōputaputa – pitted, full of holes)

perpendicular line Noun

rārangi hāngai

perpendicular, at right angles Adjective

hāngai (takenga mai: hāngai – across, at right angles, astride)

plan view Transitive Verb

tirohanga (mai i) runga (kupu kē atu: tirohanga ā-manu, hoahoa ā-manu)

polar coordinates Noun

taunga ahuroa (takenga mai: taunga – position; ahu – direction; roa – length)

predict, prediction Noun, Transitive Verb

matapae ~hia

proportional relationship Noun

pānga riterite (tohu: ) (takenga mai: pānga - relationship; pā - relate to, to be connected with; riterite - be alike, regular)

quarter-turn (90˚) Noun

hurihanga hauwhā

ratio scale Noun

āwhata ōwehenga

rear view Noun

tirohanga (mai i) muri

reflected image, mirror image Noun

mātātuhi whakaatanga (kupu kē atu: otinga whakaatanga)

regular (shape)

rite (kupu kē atu: ōrite)

representation Noun

whakaahuahanga

resource, learning materials Noun

rauemi (ako)

reflect, reflection, mirror Noun, Transitive Verb, Adjective

whakaata ~tia ~nga

right side view Noun

tirohanga (mai i te taha) matau

road map Noun

mahere huarahi

rotate, rotation, turn Noun, Transitive Verb

huri ~hia ~hanga

rotated image Noun

mātātuhi hurihanga (kupu kē atu: otinga hurihanga)

rotational symmetry Noun

hangarite hurihanga

scale Noun

āwhata (takenga mai: arawhata – ladder)

scale drawing, scale diagram Noun

hoahoa āwhata

scale factor for enlargement Noun

taurahi (takenga mai: tau – number; rahi – size) (kupu kē atu: tau whakarahi)

scale map Noun

mahere āwhata

similar (in proportion) Adjective

rite

similar (shape) Adjective

ōrite te āhua

south Noun

runga (kupu kē atu: tonga)

south Noun

tonga (kupu kē atu: runga)

south-east Noun

rāwhiti-mā-tonga

south-west Noun

uru-mā-tonga

space, spatial Noun

mokowā

statement scale Noun

āwhata tauākī

strategy Noun

rautaki (takenga mai: rau [rauhanga] – cunning, resourceful; taki – lead, bring along)

symmetrical, symmetry Noun, Intransitive Verb, Adjective

hangarite (takenga mai: hanga – shape; rite – alike, corresponding)

tesselate, tessellation, tiling, mosiac Noun, Intransitive Verb

rōpinepine (takenga mai: rōpine – place close together)

to plan or map Transitive Verb

whakamahere ~tia

transformation geometry Noun

āhuahanga panoni

transformation sequence Noun

raupapatanga panoni

translate, translation, move Noun, Transitive Verb

neke ~hia ~hanga (kupu kē atu: nuku)

translated image Noun

mātātuhi nekehanga (kupu kē atu: otinga nekehanga)

variable Noun, Intransitive Verb, Adjective

taurangi

vector Noun

pere

vertical Adjective

poutū (kupu kē atu: pou, poupou)

vertical line Noun

rārangi poutū

view Noun

tirohanga

west Noun

rātō (kupu kē atu: uru)

west Noun

uru (kupu kē atu: rātō)

whole angle, full turn (360˚) Noun

koki huripū

zoom Intransitive Verb

topa (takenga mai: topa - to soar, swoop,)